Need for Speed: Underground 2
Dual-screen driving takes to the streets! Taking advantage of the Nintendo DS' powerful capabilities, this racer features some of the most detailed car models and impressive environments you'll ever play on…
Need for Speed: Underground 2 is a racing developed by Pocketeers, released 10 May 2005 on Nintendo DS.
What Need for Speed: Underground 2 is
Need for Speed: Underground 2 is a racing game developed by Pocketeers and released in 2005. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on Nintendo DS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Welcome to the Underground! Think you have what it takes to race some of the sleekest, speediest imports on the city streets? Put your foot to the pedal and prove your worth. Test your mettle against the Underground’s greatest drivers in circuit and drag races or own the zone competitions. Can you ascend the ranks of the Underground? Better make sure your ride is up to the challenge. Win races for points and spend them on outfitting your car with hundreds of aftermarket parts. This is your chance to blow the competition away. Better make it count.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Need for Speed series
Need for Speed: Underground 2 is the 19th of 84 entries we hold in the Need for Speed series. The next entry was Need for Speed: Most Wanted Demo in 2005. Its critic score of 80 is 6 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - Limited Edition at 92.
How it was received
Need for Speed: Underground 2 holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 71% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 13 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Need for Speed: Underground 2 launched on 10 May 2005, within three weeks of Psychonauts, Guild Wars, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Forza Motorsport. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Psychonauts, Guild Wars, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Forza Motorsport.
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